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American and british education - Maturitní otázky

l8. MATURITNÍ OTÁZKA Z ANJ ? AMERICAN AND BRITISH EDUCATION I like to start with education in Britain. In Great Britain is education compulsory from 5 to16 years. We can divided 3 kind of education, there are : 1.state schools 2. private schools, which are also called indepe...

American literature - Maturitní otázky

American literature Until the end of the 18 th century, American literature was little else than a branch of English literature, and produced few works of outstanding merit. Washington Irving may be considered as the real founder of American literature. The literature written during the perio...

American literature between World Wars - Maturitní otázky

American literature between World Wars   After the World War I. a group of known as the ?Lost generation? entered literature. They were writers who were influenced by the war; some of they were on the service in the Army like Hemingway or Dos Passos. Their experience resulted in ...

Australia - Maturitní otázky

AUSTRALIA: Geography: Australia is smallest, youngest continent, with the lowest population density. It is a lonely and it is often said that Australia lies at the edge of the world, divided from other continents by long distances. We also sometimes called this Australia as a country of antipo...

Australia and New Zealand - Maturitní otázky

Australie - Maturitní otázky

Being fit and Healthy - Maturitní otázky

14 - Being fit and Healthy Medical care of any type in our country is free of charge, although there are now many private doctors. We do not pay for prescriptions or for some medicines. As to financial help after giving birth, mothers get benefits for three years after the birth of a child. For th...

British and American Literature - Maturitní otázky

06 - British and American Literature BRITISH The oldest literature monument of the Anglo-Saxon period is an old Germanic legend about Beowulf (from the 8th century). This heroic poem is about a strong hero Beowulf. During the Middle Ages, Roman Catholic church was strongly criticised by John...

Canada - Maturitní otázky

Canada Canada is situated on the whole northern part of North America. The capital of Canada is Ottawa. Other big cities are Toronto, Quebec, Montreal, Vancouver, Winnipeg or Calgary. The name Canada is believed to have originated with the first inhabitants since the Huron-Iroquois Indians used ...

Canada, Australia - Maturitní otázky

05 - Canada, Australia Australia General info: Area : 7,69 sq. km Inhabitants : 17,3 mil Capital : Canberra (310,000) Other cities : Sydney (3,6 mil), Melbourne (3,1 mil), Adelaide, Perth, Brisbane (1,1 mil) Inner parts : States: New South Wales (Sydney), Victoria (Melbourne), Que...

Canada, Australia, New Zeland - Maturitní otázky

Canada Canada is the second largest country in the world (after Russia). Its area is about 10 milion sq km and the population is about 30 milion people. In Canada lives the majority, which is of European origin (mostly of French or English origin), but we can find North American Indians and Inui...

Changing technology - Maturitní otázky

24 - Changing technology Science and technology are moving so fast that it is difficult to keep up, let alone understand, to all new developments. Mechanization, automation and robots make people?s work easier in many branches of industry, and have become a common occurrence. Progress in the 20t...

Classic American literature - Maturitní otázky

Classic American literature   The classic American literature brought literature among the members of the important literatures of the world. The first author is Washington Irving, essayist, storywriter, historian and biographer. He wrote a large biography of George Washington, h...

Climate and climatic zones - Maturitní otázky

Climate and climatic zones ? The different between climate and weather ? What can influence (effect) the climate ? Give characteristic of each climatic zone ? Some types of landscape ? What can climate influence? At first I would like to explain the difference between climate and wea...

Communication, media - Maturitní otázky

22 - Communication, media Todays era brings us many kinds of media. I am going to begin with the oldest kind of media. So, one of the oldest are newspapers. First newspaper appeared in the 17th century, after Johaness Gutenberg´s printing discovery in 1450. We can divid newspapers to sever...

Culture ? arts, cinemas, theatres, music - Maturitní otázky

20 ? Culture ? arts, cinemas, theatres, music Culture life in our city is very rich. There are lot of cinemas, theatres and music clubs. The number of cinemas in Prague is still increasing. There are old cinemas (for example on Wenceslas Square Blaník, Lucerna, Světozor) and the new huge co...

Describing people - Maturitní otázky

Describing people   I have never had many friends. First friends I met, when I began attend kindergarten. Friends changed with changing school. Only one girl attended kindergarten with me and first three form. Her name was the same as mine - Jitka. She was as tall as me, had shou...

Education - Maturitní otázky

EDUCATION, SCHOOLDAYS   A/ the main differences among education in our country, in the U.S.A. and Great Britain   THE CZECH SYSTEM OF EDUCATION   School attendance in the C.R. is compulsory from the age of 6 to 15. Most children attend state school, but there are also ne...

Educational systems - Maturitní otázky

English and American literature - Maturitní otázky

ENGLISH&AMERICAN LITERATURE A) English Literature - English can be divided into three stages as it was developing: 1) Old English (450 ? 1150) 2) Middle English (1150 ? 1500) 3) Modern English (1500 ? up now) - the English language originated from the old language of the Anglo-Saxons, the tribes wh...

Maturita z AJ v kostce - Maturitní otázky

  England is highly industrialized and the earliest developments of modern industry took place there. Many of important inventions, such as invention of the steam engine by James Watt, were made by Englishmen.   Britain\'s main industry was coal mining. Glasgow and New...

Maturita z AJ v kostce 2 - Maturitní otázky

Maturitní otázky Poznámka webmastera: Tyto maturitní otázky obsahují spoustu gramatických chyb. Většinu překlepů jsem pomocí Wordu odstranil. Spíše než přesná předloha k maturitě, by měla tato práce sloužit jako inspirace k tomu, co vůbec před tou komisí říct...:-) Obsah American literature betw...

Sports and games - Maturitní otázky

19 - Sports and games Sport and games are very important for active relaxation and are also important for our physical and mental health. The main difference between sport and game is that game is the ?collective? and the sport is more individual - it means football or basketball are games and e.g...

The Czech Republic - Maturitní otázky

08 - The Czech Republic General info: Area : 74,000,000 sq. km Population : 10,000,000 inhabitants Capital : Prague (1,400,000) Other cities : Brno, Plzeň, Ostrava, Liberec Inner parts : Bohemia (Prague), Moravia (Brno), Silesia (Ostrava) Borders on : Slovak Republic (SE), Austria (S), Germany (S, ...

VOCABULARY - k maturitě - Maturitní otázky

VOCABULARY Being fit and healthy having regular check - ups - pravidelné zdravotní prohlídky getting enough sleep - hodně spaní cycling - jízda na kole skipping - skákání body - building - posilování, kulturistika injury - zranění hip - kyčel ankle - kotník disc - ploténka ribs - žebra muscle - s...

London - Maturitní otázky

02 - London General information. London, the capital of United Kingdom is situated in the southeastern part of England. It covers area of 610 square miles and has some 8, 000, 000 inhabitants. London can be divided into two parts: the City of London (commercial and business center) and the City of...

Food - Maturitní otázky

Food Daily meals usually start with breakfast. An English breakfast differs greatly from ours. Traditional British breakfast consists of a glass of fruit juice, cornflakes with sugar and milk and buttered crisp piece of toast with marmalade or jam or honey. Quite a lot of British people eat müsl...

Shopping - Maturitní otázky

Shopping Shopping is an activity that is necessary in our lives. Most people have to spend a part or the day doing some kind of shopping for food or other essential items. It is a question of knowing what to buy, where and when. We have a large choice of shops where we can go shopping. We can go to...

Travelling - Maturitní otázky

Travelling ? Why do people travel? reasons; general preface ? Travelling in our country ? Why foreigners come in our country more often? ? The means of transport ? how can people travel? ? Where can people stay? ? What do people need for travelling? ? Do you like it? Where you usually travel? Which...

Travelling - Maturitní otázky

TRAVELLING Travelling is the method how to get from one place to another place. People have used travelling for along time. One hundred years ago they travelled on horses, by carriages and of course on foot. Then they used trains, steam cars and steam boats. It was something strange and something n...